Top scientists have assured the public Langya virus is nothing like Covid after reports of the new pathogen in sparked fears of a repeat of the 2020 pandemic.Langya henipavirus — or LayV — was detected in 35 people in the country's eastern Henan and Shandong provinces between December 2018 and mid-2021. This means the virus has only infected only a handful of people each year since it was first identified in a 53-year-old female farmer.
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